A short 15 years
 

Just one quick look at these 2 NJ fish summary cards should open some eyes to how bad our fisheries managers are doing .

What’s going to happen in the next 10

Re: A short 15 years
 

Dan I can't read them, to blurry when I blow them up. sorry

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I see that , pictures here loaded full size seem to be super tiny .

It’s the marine summary card from 2007 , and card from 2021 .
Shows how every fishery has been cut in half .

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Your right Dan it's pathetic!!

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https://nj.gov/dep/fgw/pdf/2007/maregsum07.pdf


https://nj.gov/dep/fgw/pdf/2021/maregsum21.pdf

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Pretty sure they closed shortfin mako harvesting in 2022 and 2023, back in Nov 2021. Pretty wild. I'd have to believe longlining kills waaaaay more makos than recreational fishing.

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Jeremy you're correct on both counts. Long overdue. Three times when I owned a boat I came across a long liner in the Chicken / Triple Wrecks area and the number of sharks taken was insane. Most seemed to be summer sharks even worse which were probably harvested for their fins.

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can't read them

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I put actual links a few posts down

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Thanks Dan. Quite depressing. When you look down those 07 numbers it's crazy what we could keep compared to now. I don't know what the answers are but I'm sick of it. Not ashamed to say I'll keep what I feel is fair based upon the day. Not spending all that money to NOT take home fish. I feel for the for hire sectors.